Allen Taflove and Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) Methods in Computational ElectrodynamicsB Biosketch Allen Taflove received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL in 1971, 1972, and 1975, respectively. Since 1988, he has been a full professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of Northwestern University's McCormick School of Engineering. Since 1972, Allen has pioneered fundamental theoretical
